How To Strip Paint From Garage Door

Lightly press this down all over the paint stripper trying to remove as much air as possible.

How to strip paint from garage door.

Get your good old plastic wrap yes lunch wrap glad wrap or the equivalent and lay this down over the stripper extending a small way past the ends of the piece. Brush lightly to minimize scratches on the wood but firmly enough to mix the. Step 3 scrape off any loose chipping and peeling paint with a paint scraper. Be generous and put a good thick layer onto your item.

After that sand the door with a 30 grit and 60 grit sandpaper then rinse with a garden hose. Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well. Even though they weren t in as bad a shape as the pillar and garage door trim due to being under the covered porch we decided to paint the front door trim and the garage man door trim as well. Spread stripper on the paint residue and work it out of corners and from along the edges of molding with a wire brush.

Lay a plastic tarp at the base of the garage door to catch falling paint chips. Put on your protective gear the work gloves dust mask and safety goggles and then remove any rusted or chipped.